Colorado, Colorado, US

06. Hanging Lake Exit 125 (I-70) to Shoshone Power Plant Exit 123 (I-70) (Barrel Springs)

Usual Difficulty	IV-V(V+) (for normal flows)
Length	3.8 Miles
Avg. Gradient	83 fpm

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
COLORADO RIVER NEAR DOTSERO, CO
usgs-09070500	1300 - 5000 cfs	IV-V(V+)	01h01m	2780 cfs (running)

River Description

Chris Cambron notes:
"This run is less than 15 minutes east of Glenwood Springs, CO on Interstate 70. You can see the run from the road (if you're looking for it) - but there's a walking path all along river right from where you can scout everything if you get off at the Shoshone exit and head upstream. The section above Shoshone exit 123 is a kayakers run - the rafts tend to stay on the run just below that. I mainly stick to the rafts so I really couldn't tell you much about it other than it has some big scary holes that I would never take a raft into. At high water (anything over 4-5000 cfs), it is downright terrifying."

Reaches of the Colorado River:
01. Hot Sulphur Springs to Hwy 40 bridge (Byers Canyon) (CO, IV)
02. Gore Canyon (CO, IV-V)
03. Pumphouse campground to Rancho Del Rio (Pumphouse) (CO, III)
04. Hanging Lake Exit 125 (I-70) to Shoshone Power Plant Exit 123 (I-70) (Barrel Springs) (CO, IV-V [V+])
05. Shoshone Power Plant, Exit 123 (I-70) to Grizzly Creek, Exit 121 (I-70) (Shoshone) (CO, III-IV)
06. Cameo Dam (Big Sur / Lucky 7) (CO, III)
07. Loma to Westwater (Ruby / Horsethief Canyons) (CO-UT, II)
08. Westwater to Rose Ranch (Westwater Canyon) (UT, I-IV)
09. Cisco (Rose Ranch) to Moab (Professor Valley) (UT, I-III)
10. Moab to Powell Reservoir (Cataract Canyon) (UT, I-IV)
11. Lees Ferry to Lake Mead (Grand Canyon) (AZ, I-V)
12. Black Canyon (AZ-NV, I)